Collector facing jail after being found guilty of capturing and killing the Britain's rarest butterfly

A collector has been convicted of capturing, killing and possessing specimens of Britain's rarest butterfly - the Large Blue.

Collector facing jail after being found guilty of capturing and killing the Britain's rarest butterfly

A collector has been convicted of capturing, killing and possessing specimens of Britain's rarest butterfly - the Large Blue.

Philip Cullen, 57, scrambled over locked gates and used a child's net to capture the globally endangered butterflies at two protected sites.

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